Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-01
STRUCK OIL.
4 Fine Qualify OF Crude Petroleum
Found Within Sight OF The City
Of ForG Worth.
Natural Gss STOCK Jumps TOO Per Cont on
Receipt of tho News ara None
Can bs Bought

When the morning stars first sung TO-
gether, the natural resources that were TO
make Fort Worth the greatest CITY in the
greet southwest were planted in mother
earth in the vicinity OF Fort Worth. !
Master Architect laid the foundations on
which Fort Worth wss 20 De built, and
lie Isid them broad and deep. YESTERDAY
IN humble German, Albright by name,
was at work On his place three miles
northeast of F2Et Worth, drilling an a.
tesian we'll He had reached q
strata Of sand 2G5 feet below the
surface Of fhe earth when re
noticed peculiar yelIowls1 brown fluid
ooZiug out from the well win the sand.
Al frs; he paiG no attention 10 il, but by
accident he got seine of TINS fluid on his
hands ana then was aware that the fluid
had peculiar Od0r strongly resembling
coal oil. lie vent 20 the house and told
his wife and ne TWO returned 10 the wei,
the vile bringing 9 saucer. The vessel
was filed with Jne liquid and
the couple returned 40 the
house. The SANGER and coIte -
were placed on Q table and match light
ed and applied. IN On instant the liquid
was mass Of flames, which shot up TO
some distance. For minute or TWO 1t
looked as if the experiment would cost
the good people their house, bat finally
the flames were eX,iuguisred. Several
bottles were filed with the fluid
and the couple came to Fort Worth.
Colonel Hickey and W. J. Morphy were
first told OF the incident, and afterwards
others were informed q tire discovery.
The bottle ot tae liquid Wgs carried 10
the real estate Ctiice Of Frice 6 Bur
bridge, and here Z GROVE az people rap
idly cong regatcd. Every loCy wanted 20
get hold Of the bottle 8! TIE same time,
and examine she contents, while s
number begged for G little Of
the liquid 20 put on envelopes
or pieces Of stiff paper and ;hau went out
with their pTiZs, calling little knO-s OK
people around them 70 look - 6nd smell
the sand aud oil. Ga every street corner
in the heart OF town suCa groups could
be seen. Al the real estate office the peO-
PIE came and went IN streams,
all taking look sld . smell
at the hotties OF the wonderful
stuff. Mr Fred Rove, WhO came from
the oil regions II Pennsylvania, and
whose relatives are now engaged ic the
oil business was called in, and after OK
aiming the stuff, pronounced il good
quality Of crude petroleum Ida: was what
everybody thought it was but no one
knew positively. Lgter several O,aer gen,
tltmen, who, IKE Mr.. Rave, knew VIVA
crude petroleum was, CaTe IN and said
there was no d0uJt whatever a5ou.
the matter. IL ten EiEut5s sitter this
was known nothing but "Oli" was talked
of III Fort Worth, ard the excitement
squnled that il Pennsylvania or Ol.C
when the discoveries were made tbeTe.
Mr.. Farris of the Fort Worth Natural
Gas Compaoy was seen, and he said the
petroleum find settled the fsC5 inst
natural gas could be found under Fort
Worth, and Professor r .lst0n, the geOlO-
gist employed by the company, had been
tslegraphed 20 come on at once and begin
operations.
Mr.. Z. j. Powell, secretary Of the com
pany, was met later and be was the hap
piest man in the city. He said there was
now no natural gas stock on the market
and the price of stock had advanced 100
per cent. The fndingof crude petroleum
made it certain that both fiue coal end
natural gas were here and he believed
that the gas measures would be found
below the sandstone Immediately below
the sand in which we OBJ
tanned our artesi6n water.
The company would lose no time in get
ting to work or their well. The drill
ing ct the Albright well will be c0utin-
ued, and when the second sand is reached
It is certain that an abundance Ct oil Will
befound. a can of nitro glyCerine will then
be placed in this second sand, and what
is called "shooting the we'll" Will be per-
formed Then the oil will flow out in
streams, and its gurgle, gurgle Will sing
the prosperity OF Fort Worth. This city
is to be the Birmingham OF the southwest.
We have eli the elements reCes-
sary to make Us greater than
Kansas City is to-day natural gas, oil,
coal, water power, artesiaa water,
cement, red hem&tite iron in abundance,
and with all this men of brain, men OF
muscle, keen eyed, long headed, pushing,
energetic men who would make city on
sand hill let alone where everything
necessary is at hand. When the serene
stars OF Pittsburg and Birmingham shall
have Waned the brightest planet in the
constellation of greet cities of the United